We love it, and we have been using it for all sorts of things this term.
Here is a set that shows some of the signs we have had rotating through our monitors / display panels http://clickv.ie/w/_IGb Click the link and the signage should display on your computer in much the same way as it looks on our display panels - as long as you are using a wide screen (16:9) monitor .
We also used some of the signs that ClickView has made available, but adapted them where necessary by adding our school information. See http://clickv.ie/w/JkGb
We thought it might be worthwhile sharing what we've done, and perhaps give others a head start to try out this great new tool.
Our signs have been put together using Adobe Photoshop. The completed .psd files were saved as .jpg files before they were uploaded to the workspace. All our monitors and display panels are wide screen format so the images were all created to suit a 16:9 ratio.
You have seen the signage examples, and below are some of those signs as .psd files. If you are a Photoshop user you might like to download some to see how they have been put together. I have used smaller versions (16 cm by 9 cm rather than the 64 cm by 36 cm versions) as this wikispace does not allow the larger files to be uploaded, however these are the files that you will see in our signage examples above, so they do work. We have used them on monitors and display panels up to 50 inches wide without problems.
These are quite simple signs that we've used to promote the Book Week shortlisted books and, of course, the winners.
In each example there is a background layer, a layer with a scanned image of the book we are promoting / celebrating, a layer with the words "Winner! Book of the Year: Older Readers" or similar, a layer with the Book Week dates and a layer with "In your Library!".
If the number of layers seems like over kill, remember that using separate layers made it easier to rearrange the layout to vary the look of each set of slides, and easier to edit the text when a book went from being short listed to being a winner.
Here are some examples of signs we put together to promote ClickView to either teachers or students or both. They were done in a hurry and we haven't asked permission to use their images or edit their signs - but I'm hoping that when they see the intention they will give us an ok - and if not, removing individual signs or whole sets is so easy!!!
Below is an example of the difference that placing the image on the right or left can make - may be not much difference, but sometimes the placement will be influenced by the layout of the signs that appear before or after in the signage.
We love it, and we have been using it for all sorts of things this term.
Here is a set that shows some of the signs we have had rotating through our monitors / display panels
http://clickv.ie/w/_IGb Click the link and the signage should display on your computer in much the same way as it looks on our display panels - as long as you are using a wide screen (16:9) monitor .
We also used some of the signs that ClickView has made available, but adapted them where necessary by adding our school information. See
http://clickv.ie/w/JkGb
ClickView have a tutorial at https://online.clickview.com.au/tutorials/digital-signage/uploading-resources and at https://online.clickview.com.au/tutorials/digital-signage/creating-a-digital-sign but the tutorials start at the point where you already have created a folder of signs that you are ready to upload to your digital signage workspace.
So......
We thought it might be worthwhile sharing what we've done, and perhaps give others a head start to try out this great new tool.
Our signs have been put together using Adobe Photoshop. The completed .psd files were saved as .jpg files before they were uploaded to the workspace. All our monitors and display panels are wide screen format so the images were all created to suit a 16:9 ratio.
You have seen the signage examples, and below are some of those signs as .psd files. If you are a Photoshop user you might like to download some to see how they have been put together. I have used smaller versions (16 cm by 9 cm rather than the 64 cm by 36 cm versions) as this wikispace does not allow the larger files to be uploaded, however these are the files that you will see in our signage examples above, so they do work. We have used them on monitors and display panels up to 50 inches wide without problems.
These are quite simple signs that we've used to promote the Book Week shortlisted books and, of course, the winners.
In each example there is a background layer, a layer with a scanned image of the book we are promoting / celebrating, a layer with the words "Winner! Book of the Year: Older Readers" or similar, a layer with the Book Week dates and a layer with "In your Library!".
If the number of layers seems like over kill, remember that using separate layers made it easier to rearrange the layout to vary the look of each set of slides, and easier to edit the text when a book went from being short listed to being a winner.
Here are some examples of signs we put together to promote ClickView to either teachers or students or both. They were done in a hurry and we haven't asked permission to use their images or edit their signs - but I'm hoping that when they see the intention they will give us an ok - and if not, removing individual signs or whole sets is so easy!!!
Below is an example of the difference that placing the image on the right or left can make - may be not much difference, but sometimes the placement will be influenced by the layout of the signs that appear before or after in the signage.